peg
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Police had falsely accused Walters of the crime simply to knock him down a peg?
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Business investment accounts for about 19% of GDP, making it the next-largest peg.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
A massive parasitic outbreak has taken Taco Bell down a peg, and now it has to rebuild its momentum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
NBC News reported that, according to internal estimates by the Defense Department peg the amount at $80 billion to $100 billion.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Setting the peg game on a table, she hurried to intercept him.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
“Talladega Nights” pegs this missing link between America’s urban past and its exurban future from its opening seconds, putting a quote about “hot, nasty, badass speed” in the mouth of New York Swell Eleanor Roosevelt.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
It pegs KPJ Healthcare and Sunway Healthcare as top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s survey pegs the decline at about 17.5 percent within city limits during that period.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
In the following months he bought accessories such as awning screw-in pegs for £15.98 and wheel clamps and keys for £119.98.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Maybe that will take her down a few pegs.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
The yield for a related high-yield index was pegged closer to 7.5%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Energy analysts and officials have pegged energy infrastructure repair costs in the region at tens of billions, covering engineering, construction, equipment and materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Stablecoins, or digital tokens pegged to the U.S. dollar or other currencies, are gaining mainstream attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Chatfield asked the Los Angeles Times in 1997 in response to criticism from community members and some local officials who pegged his nonprofit as inconveniencing residents by helping homeless people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Dizzy with relief, he pegged down to the river and waded in.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
Public IB maintains an overweight rating on the Malaysian plantations sector, pegging Sarawak Plantation and TA Ann as top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Goldman Sachs strategist on Thursday charted five-year rolling returns on the all-important 10-year Treasury note — pegging it as the worst such period for returns in more than a century.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Affin Hwang maintains an overweight rating on Malaysia’s healthcare sector, pegging IHH Healthcare as its top pick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The sides don’t even agree on how much that is worth, with his lawyers pegging it at $4.9 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
She described a plan for treatment, pegging some hope to what the results could be, but I was too overwhelmed to note the details.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
